FAR OUT: Adventures in Returning Home

Listen and explore:

• Our recent time on BLM land in Sequoia National Forest
• The single event that inspired Alasdair to start picking up trash roughly 8 years ago
• The entropy problem or why a problem can't be solved at the same level of consciousness it was created at
• Three different ways we can approach trash in our environments
• The golden practice: one piece of trash a day 
• Transmuting lead to gold: why we believe picking up trash actually improves our experience of a place
• Cultivating a relationship with our environment by caring for it
• Leaving a place better than we found it as a practice and spiritual ideal
• A potential solution and how it could be implemented on our public lands

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Discount link to purchase organic, raw cacao (a portion of  the proceeds support this podcast as well as local farmers in Guatemala)
• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Make one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• Upcoming Kambo inoculations, retreats and workshops
• What is a shamanic dieta?
• Why shamanic dietas are foundational for students of ayahuasca
• Plants we've dieted
• The powerful benefits we've experienced from dieta
• What it means to open up a relationship with a plant
• The Anima Mundi and seeing the world as ensouled
• The difference between soul and spirit
• Alasdair sees Brad Pitt's face in an oak tree
• Growing roots as well as branches: how the practice of dieta has healed and strengthened us

Mentioned on this episode:

• Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
• Depth Psychology
• FAR OUT #76: Exploring Ayahuasca: Working with the Medicine (Episode 2)
• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore

Featured image is of cacao beans (photo credit).

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Discount link to purchase organic, raw cacao (a portion of  the proceeds support this podcast as well as local farmers in Guatemala)
• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Make one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• What originally led Alasdair to seek alternatives to health insurance
• Alasdair's recent, glowing health care experience from the desert in New Mexico
• Don't be afraid to fire your doctor
• The four elements of Alasdair's health care strategy
• An affordable option to traditional health insurance plans
• The value of tela-medicine for full-time travelers
• A free way to save money on prescriptions (whether you have insurance or not)
• Covering major downside while maximizing your freedom to choose who you work with
• Julie-Roxane's experience of French health care and how it compares to the U.S.
• The only company we use these days for international travel insurance

Mentioned on this episode:

• https://thehealthsharelady.com/ (tell Karen that Alasdair sent you!)
• Sedera
• Medlion clinic
• Lotus Rain clinic in San Diego
• Goodrx
• Safetywing
• Two Years Without Health Insurance (And What I'm Doing Now) - Mr. Money Mustache

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Make one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• Julie-Roxane gets a racoon onesie & Alasdair buys 50 lbs of cacao
• The walking away stage
• The wandering stage
• The ramen noodle stage
• The spaghetti on the wall stage
• The pruning stage

Mentioned on this episode:

• DISCOUNT LINK TO PURCHASE KEITH'S CACAO
• Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief  - Jordan B. Peterson
• How Will You Measure Your Life? - Clayten Christensen
• Seth Godin's The Podcasting Workshop
• FAR OUT #17 ~ Selling Blackberries

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Make one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• Where we've been over the last four months
• Keeping our spiritual practices alive on the road
• Travel, flexibility and creative spontaneity
• The unique flavor of freedom truck camper life affords
• Working on the road: what's changed
• Designing work that's aligned with a traveling lifestyle
• Being in flow for months: feeling you are in the right place at the right time
• Outgrowing problems you can't solve

Mentioned on this episode:

• www.thewildwithin.org
• The Rubin Report youtube channel

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Make one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• Guatemala new year's retreat & join our free book club
• Three types of relationships
• Relationship as a base camp
• Where resentment can originate from in relationship
• Grounding a relationship in each other's spiritual growth
• The risks and rewards of finding our own way in relationship
• The shockingly small amount of time JR and Alasdair have spent apart in the past 4 years
• The challenge of sharing a small living space together

Mentioned on this episode:

• The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire by David Deida
• The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by Scott Peck

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Make one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)
• Podcast image taken by Alasdair in the Nepalese Himalayas

Listen and explore:

• Join us in July on our upcoming Yosemite retreat
• Update from Joshua Tree
• The places we've never been and most want to go
• Where we most want to go back to before we die
• Julie-Roxane's ideal day in the city
• Julie-Roxane's first Thanksgiving
• Our favorite movies, books, meals
• The one super power we'd pick

Mentioned on this episode:

• FAR OUT #81 ~ Derek Sivers on Identity, Freedom & Singing the Counter Melody
• www.thewildwithin.org (Alasdair's company)
• Yosemite video & backpacking adventure 
• FAR OUT #55 ~ What it Means to be Highly Sensitive
• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov
• Redwall: A Tale from Redwall by Brian Jacques
• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra
• Thumbwars
• Other movies mentioned: Pocahontas, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Spaceballs, The mAtrix, Donnie Darko, Anchorman, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine, The Virgin Suicides, West World

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Make one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)
• Podcast image taken by Alasdair in the Nepalese Himalayas

Listen and explore:

• Life update from Ruidoso, New Mexico
• How does one become a healer?
• The power in asking what is your medicine?
• Medicine as an ongoing dialogue with yourself, others and the world
• Medicine is deeply personal and also not you
• Answering the question: the medicine path
• Julie-Roxane's medicine
• Alasdair's medicine

Mentioned on this episode:

• DISCOUNT LINK TO PURCHASE KEITH'S CACAO
• FAR OUT #69 ~  Chocolate Shaman Keith Wilson on Cacao: The Food for the Shift
• FAR OUT #97 ~ Your Body is not the Obstacle, It's the Way: Will Johnson on the Posture of Meditation
• Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity by David Whyte
• Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown
• Alasdair's Money Program
• https://www.animas.org/ (Bill Plotkin's work)
• FAR OUT #79 ~ Via Negativa: The Road to the Good Life

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Make one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)
• Podcast image taken by Alasdair in the Nepalese Himalayas

Listen and explore:

• Where we each stand currently on the kid conversation
• Where we started when we met back in India
• The evolution of the kid conversation: challenges and breakthroughs
• Alasdair's fears around having kids
• Julie-Roxane's spirit babies
• Comparing the masculine and the feminine in relationship

Mentioned on this episode:

• FAR OUT #16 ~ The Story of How We Met
• Enemy (movie Alasdair mentioned w/ Jake Gyllenhaal)
• FAR OUT #63 ~ The Shadow Work of Marriage
• Spirit Babies: How to Communicate with the Child You're Meant to Have by Walter Makichen

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Make one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)
• Podcast image taken by Alasdair in the Nepalese Himalayas

Listen and explore:

• Surviving the "snowpocalypse" in our camper in San Antonio
• Alasdair pees in the truck and it goes bad
• The challenges we're experiencing after returning from a recent week-long retreat
• How profound experiences of connection can lead to heightened sense of disconnection and loneliness
• The importance of taking time for yourself after a retreat or journey
• Integration and compartmentalization: the two choices we have after a spiritual experience 
• How do you describe China to someone who's never been?
• The work you do for yourself is also for others
• Returning to the present as the bridge for true connection

Mentioned on this episode:

• Yosemite retreat with Wild Within
• FAR OUT #98 ~ You Don't Change, You're Changed

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)
• Podcast image taken by Alasdair in the Nepalese Himalayas

Listen and explore:

• The "why" behind this podcast and how it has evolved over the last two years
• Traumatic stories from Alasdair and Julie-Roxane's childhood
• Our peeing habits and that one time Alasdair peed himself
• Alasdair's most despised nickname in high school
• Who is plant medicine NOT for?
• When to lean into resistance and when to take the path of least resistance
• What adjustments have been toughest for us about living in a truck camper?
• Our biggest challenges currently

Mentioned on this episode:

• Eighth Grade by Bo Burnham
• Jordan B. Peterson
• Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity by David Whyte
• FAR OUT #9 ~ Welcome to L-Town
• FAR OUT #46 ~ Going to a Nudist Camp with my Mother-in-law? 
• FAR OUT #103 ~ Survival of the Fittest, Building an Anti-Library and Other Approaches to Reading
• FAR OUT #40 ~ Trekking the Himalayas Chapter 1: A One-Man Tent and a Shitty Map
• FAR OUT #41 ~ Trekking the Himalayas Chapter 2: Generous Humans and Wild Beasts
• The Tim Ferris Show
• Brene Brown's podcast
• Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology by Marie-Louise von Franz
• Roughing It by Mark Twain

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life 
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• Courtney and Rachel share their first experience working with Kambo
• What drew them to work with the frog
• What is a ceremony like?
• How their experiences with the church influenced their receptivity to Kambo
• Can Kambo help us heal from sexual trauma?
• Reconnecting with the feminine through Kambo
• The impact kambo has had on Courtney and Rachel's lives and healing journeys
• How do they feel after?

Mentioned on this episode:

• FAR OUT #101 ~ Kambito Kambocito: Surrender to the Frog
• FAR OUT #85 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Shaman Jess Poitra on Kambo, the Warrior Frog Medicine (Episode 4)

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life 
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Featured photo taken by Alasdair on the ghats of the Ganges river in Varanasi, India. 

Listen and explore:

• Alasdair gets drunk and rides a horse for the first time in Costa Rica
• The different ways thinking  and feeling types approach COVID
• Why the mainstream COVID conversation is often an obstacle in actually talking about COVID
• The importance of mindfulness in approaching difficult conversations
• The anatomy of a difficult conversation we had around our differing views on COVID
• The reward of leaning into difficult conversations with those we care about
• Discerning who is worth having a tough conversation with
• The danger of believing we already know when dealing with unknown territory

Mentioned on this episode:

• DISCOUNT LINK TO PURCHASE KEITH'S CACAO
• FAR OUT #69 ~  Chocolate Shaman Keith Wilson on Cacao: The Food for the Shift
• Reach out to us about our next personality workshop @ info@thefarout.life or visit www.thewildwithin.org
• The Social Dilemma documentary 
• 10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life 
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

We're beginning to schedule Kambo ceremonies for 2021 across the US. If you are interested in participating, hosting a ceremony or just want to learn more, reach out to us at info@thefarout.life

Listen and explore:

• What is currently in the process of dissolving for Alasdair
• Why dissolution can be so disorienting
• Times in Alasdair's and Julie-Roxane's lives where they've faced major dissolution
• The tricky relationship between dissolution and identity
• The stages of dissolution and their importance
• How do we let ourselves dissolve? Should we?
• Dissolution as a stage of world-formation
• Dissolution as a process of purifying and reorganization
• The role dissolution plays in living a meaningful life

Mentioned on this episode:

• Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief  by Jordan B. Peterson
• The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life 
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Featured image is of our friend Mike enjoying the view from Cloud's Rest in Yosemite during our 2019 Yosemite Retreat. We're currently accepting applications for our 2021 retreat. 

Listen and explore:

• Alasdair gets shingles in the truck camper
• What 2020 ended up looking like for Alasdair and Julie-Roxane
• Being robust vs. being antifragile
• The Hero's stance toward the unknown and why it's worth studying
• The two faces of the unknown and how our attitude toward what we don't influences how we experience it
• What's your training ground? Finding arenas where you can meet your edge and practice with the unknown
• The role of elders in helping us face the unknown
• What the Oracle of Delphi's message "Know Thyself" means to us

Mentioned on this episode:

• FAR OUT #8 ~ Doing a Yearly Review
• FAR OUT #36 ~ Embarking on the Hero's Journey
• FAR OUT #37 ~ Returning from the Hero's Journey
• Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Taleb
• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Taleb
• Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder by Nassim Taleb
• The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey
• Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief  by Jordan B. Peterson
• Animas Valley Institute (Bill Plotkin's organization around vision fasts and soulwork)

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life 
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• Why we love cacao so much (plus the cacao we prefer and how you can grab some at a discount!)
• Updates on truck camper life from the Chihuahua Desert, NM
• Knowledge and experience: two paths to learning
• Unconventional approaches to getting an education
• The pitfalls of too strongly emphasizing either path to learning
• Integrating knowledge with experience: approaching the two approaches as a dialogue
• A common tension during psychedelics and travel

Mentioned on this episode:

• DISCOUNT LINK TO PURCHASE KEITH'S CACAO
• FAR OUT #69 ~  Chocolate Shaman Keith Wilson on Cacao: The Food for the Shift

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life 
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• A progress report on Dorothy's first big road trip (her mpg almost made Alasdair cry)
• How a tree ripped off our solar panel a week after it was installed
• Early surprises and realities of road life
• What you shouldn't do when you are in freezing temperatures in a truck camper
• Driving off the deep end - why moving into our truck camper during the onset of winter and heading to Colorado was not the easiest move
• Comfort and security vs. meaning and fulfillment -the trade offs we've experienced in living the way we do
• The differences between Alasdair's and Julie-Roxane's ideal sleeping spot

Mentioned on this episode:

• FAR OUT #109 ~ An Encounter with Darkness: Signs You're Dealing With a Chaos Agent
• FAR OUT #9 ~ Welcome to L-Town

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life 
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• Nikola's early life in war-torn Yugoslavia
• "Philosophy saved me"
• Leaving academia
• The question that led to Nikola's spiritual awakening with his teacher in 2011
• Returning to Serbia: Nikola's complex relationship with his mother country
• Cultural appropriation and pathologies of ideology
• Three types of wisdom
• Early stages on the spiritual journey
• Combining the ascetic path and the householder path
• Nikola's profound experience with a statue of Kuan Yin and visiting a more subtle layer of existence
• Nikola's upcoming book: a modern approach to spirituality in the global and digital age

Mentioned on this episode:

• Spirit X: Spirituality for the Global and Digital Age - Basics Principles by Nikola Anandamali Ristic 
• FAR OUT #105 ~ Life After a Near Death Experience: Following the Brightest Path with Shawna Ristic
• FAR OUT #106 ~ The Healer's Journey: A Follow Up Conversation with Shawna Ristic
• The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
• Ken Wilber's Integral Theory

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life 
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• The process of installing a lithium solar system on our truck camper
• The exact solar system we went with
• Hiring "The Captain" and the nightmare that unfolded as a result
• How to know you are dealing with a chaos agent
• Shame, isolation, evasion: the strategies of a chaos agent
• Why chaos agents pose a serious threat to our communities and ourselves
• The only thing you can do when you've been caught by a chaos agent
• The aftermath: two reflections on how we recover from a destabilizing encounter with darkness

Mentioned on this episode:

• AM Solar

Connect with us:

• Website: www.thefarout.life 
• Email us at info@thefarout.life
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

Support this podcast:

• Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcouple
• Leave a review on iTunes!
• Share this episode with a friend! :D

Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Listen and explore:

• The pros and cons of trailers, truck campers, sprinter vans and RVs for life on the road
• Getting a green card in the USA
• How much we've invested in moving to the USA
• The rig we bought and why we think it's such a good option for our next adventure
• A sure-fire way for gaining respect from old, white men
• A recap of the 4-month transition from living in Guatemala to living on the road in the USA

Mentioned on this episode:

• FAR OUT #9 ~ Welcome to L-Town
• AM Solar

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Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)